Med Aide quizzes and tests from all units Questions and Answers scored A

Med Aide quizzes and tests from all units Questions and Answers scored A True or False? Med aides may only give a PRN if the nurse has specifically delegated the task for the specific resident and drug? - ANS- True. Med aide can't assess the need for a PRN, this must be done by a nurse Med aides can't do what? - ANS- Give first doses of new meds Factors affecting drug actions include what? - ANS- Weight, age, metabolic rate, and tolerance What are the six rights of med administration? - ANS- The right drug, the right person, the right documentation, the right route, the right dose, and the right time Before you work as a med aide, you? - ANS- Must pass course exams, complete and demonstrate skills As a med aide in your facility, you should what? - ANS- Work within the legal limits of your role You tell a patient about your personal problems. This is a what? - ANS- boundary violation A nurse asks you to do something beyond the legal limits of your role. You do what? - ANS- Refuse to follow the nurses order and explain why You're not sure whether you should give a certain drug, You should do what? - ANS- Ask the Nurse In order to assess a person, the nurse decides to give the person the oral drugs that you usually give. You do what? - ANS- Understand this is the best decision for the person at the time. The nurse asks you to perform a task that is in your job description. You have not done this task before. You do what? - ANS- Tell the nurse you have not done the task before and ask for help When you agree to perform a delegated task. You what? - ANS- Must complete the task safely A nurse asks you to perform a task. You do the following except what? restate or clarify what is expected of you, know how to contact the nurse if theres an emergency, document the care given, or do the task even though you have not been trained? - ANS- Do the task even though you have not been trained What step can the nurse delegate to you? - ANS- Give certain drugs The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the power to do the following except what? Determine the safety and effectiveness of drugs before marketing, ensure that manufacturers meet labeling requirements, ensure advertising standards are met when manufacturers market drugs, or determine who gives drugs to patients or residents? - ANS- Determine who gives drugs to patients or residents If you fail to do something that a reasonable and careful person would have done, you are what? - ANS- Negligent Invasion of privacy occurs if you what? - ANS- Violate a persons right to have his or her name, photo, or private affairs made public without giving consent You suspect a persons being abused. You should what? - ANS- Share your concerns with your supervisor Schedule 11 drugs may lead to what? - ANS- Severe psychological or physical dependence According to the text, when you touch a persons body without his or her consent its called a what? - ANS- Battery The intentional mistreatment or harm of another person is what? - ANS- Abuse Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct is called what? - ANS- Ethics Which statement about an ethical person is true? - ANS- An ethical person behaves in the right way You display ethical behavior by what? - ANS- Keeping the persons property safe To protect yourself from assault and battery, you what? - ANS- Get the persons consent before doing a procedure A nurse gives the wrong dosage of a drug to a person. This is what? - ANS- malpractice You gave a drug to the wrong person. This is what? - ANS- Negligence You trick a person into taking a drug. This is called what? - ANS- Fraud You scold an older person for refusing to take ordered drugs This is what? - ANS- Verbal abuse Violating or failing to comply with the Controlled Substance Act can result in a what? - ANS- Fine and Prison term Pain and nausea are examples of what? - ANS- Subjective Data What observations should you report at once? - ANS- Complaints of sudden severe pain Cancer and diabetes are examples of what? - ANS- Medical Diagnosis A person is eating. How long should you wait before taking an oral temperature? - ANS- 15 to 20 minutes A person has a blood pressure of 118/78. This is what? - ANS- Within normal range Good communication occurs when you what? - ANS- Give information in a logical and orderly manner A drug is ordered for 1700. The time to give the drug is what? - ANS- 5:00 PM Symptoms are an example of what? - ANS- Subjective Data Which of the following is not objective data? A persons respiratory rate, the color of a persons urine, a persons blood pressure, or pain felt by a person? - ANS- Pain felt by a person When should you record that you gave a person a drug? - ANS- After giving the drug You are giving a person his drugs. What observation should you report at once? - ANS- The person refused to take a drug The basic unit of body structure is what? - ANS- A cell The integumentary system ? - ANS- Covers the body The white of the eye is the what? - ANS- Sclera The external or (outer part) is called the what? - ANS- pinna or auricle Digestion begins where? - ANS- In the oral cavity The master gland is the what? - ANS- Pituitary A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart is what? - ANS- Artery A person feels the need to urinate when the bladder contains how much? - ANS- About 250 mL of urine The thyroid hormone regulates what? - ANS- Metabolism Which statement about insulin is false? It is secreted by the pancreas, it is needed for sugar to enter the cells, it regulates the amount of sugar in the blood available for use by the cells, or it is secreted by the stomach? - ANS- It is secreted by the stomach The generic name of a drug is the what? - ANS- Drugs common name Drugs that interact with a receptor to cause a response are what? - ANS- Agonists Absorption is the what? - ANS- Process by which a drug is transferred from its site of body entry to circulating body fluids for distribution an enteral drug is given? - ANS- Throuhg the oral, rectal, and naso-gastric routes